The 80's

By tberg

  • 1980

    -Summer Olympics in Moscow
    -Mt. St. Helens erupts

  • 1981

    -1st launch of space shuttle
    -Birth of MTV

  • 1982

    -Thriller is released
    -Mexico economy collapes

  • 1983

    -Camcoders are invented
    -HIV is discovered

  • 1984

    -AIDS is discovered
    -Summer Olympics in L.A.

  • 1985

    -Crack coccaine starts to appear.
    -Rock 'n' Roll Hall of fame is opened

  • 1986

    -Fox Network starts in America
    -Worst nuclear disaster ever in Chernobyl, USSR, April

  • 1987

    -Black Monday - Stock market drops 22% on October 19th.
    -World Population reaches 5 billion

  • 1988

    -Iran-Iraqi war ends in August.
    -Fires in Yellowstone National Park

  • 1989

    -Cold War comes to an end
    -December 6, 1989 deemed the Montreal Massacre